Patents by Inventor Jeffery Shepherd

Jeffery Shepherd has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250104175
    Abstract: A system and method that utilizes funds associated with one or more gaming establishment accounts maintained for a user to procure one or more pre-paid cards associated with a retailer and used to complete one or more purchases of goods and/or services from the retailer. To facilitate the use of pre-paid cards, the system and method automatically issues (if needed) and funds one or more pre-paid cards which are then used by the system to complete a retail purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Patent number: 12254746
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the EGM to perform operations. The operations include determining a user has earned a comp. The operations further include increasing a progressive award based on the comp. The operations further include outputting an indicator of the progressive award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 12254745
    Abstract: Systems and methods that offer a secondary market award based on one or more predictions made in association with a primary market award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 12236751
    Abstract: A system and method that provide non-cash avenues to redeem a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 12236749
    Abstract: A system that enables funds automatically transferred into the system from one or more funding sources in anticipation of such funds being used in association with various system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Publication number: 20250061777
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a mobile device to facilitate the transfer of funds between a gaming establishment retail account and a cashless wagering account, and further between the cashless wagering account and an electronic gaming machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Patent number: 12230098
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a primary or central gaming establishment account to accumulate funds from one or more secondary or peripheral gaming establishment accounts and escrow such funds prior to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20250054361
    Abstract: A system that a system that enables a patron to sign up for a gaming establishment account independent of any direct interaction with gaming establishment personnel via utilizing one or more image capture devices to obtain images of a picture identification document presented by a user as well as images of the user presenting the picture identification document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20250054089
    Abstract: Systems and methods that operate to enable a user to obtain a ticket voucher with funds from an account external to a gaming establishment while an identity of the user remains anonymous to the gaming establishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 12223801
    Abstract: A system and method that facilitates the transferring of funds between different financial institution accounts based on the transferring of funds between different gaming establishment accounts associated with different gaming establishments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 12217567
    Abstract: A system that facilitates the transfer of an amount funds between one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with a player and one or more gaming table components associated with a gaming establishment gaming table currently associated with the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins, Erik Petersen
  • Publication number: 20250037544
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable a user to obtain a check in exchange for a redemption of a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds and/or a withdrawal of an amount of funds associated with a gaming establishment account associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 12205434
    Abstract: Technology for managing a player session at a gaming table is disclosed. A table management system receives identifying information of a player seated at the gaming table transmitted by a mobile device associated with the player. The identifying information includes a seating position of the player at the gaming table, the seating position determined by the mobile device through interaction with a locating device placed at the seating position at the gaming table. The table management system generates the player session for the player for playing a wagering game at the gaming table using the identifying information of the player transmitted by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Erik Petersen, Christopher Levin, Eduardo Meza, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Patent number: 12183154
    Abstract: A processor circuit of a gaming system determines that a game play condition associated with a primary wagering game has been met. Based on a wager amount of a wager for a primary wagering game and a determination that a game play condition has been met, a secondary wagering game comprising a second paytable is executed. Based on a result of the secondary wagering game indicating a winning result, a secondary game is awarded based on the second paytable, wherein a maximum award of the second paytable does not exceed the wager amount. The primary wagering game is also executed, and, based on a result of the primary wagering game indicating a winning result, award a primary game award based on a first paytable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240428653
    Abstract: In response to receiving a cashout instruction from a user to cash out a first monetary cashout amount from an electronic kiosk device, a processor circuit determines a cashless wallet account associated with the user. The processor circuit further causes a display device of the electronic kiosk device to display an offer message to the user to deposit the first monetary cashout amount and a cashless account utilization incentive amount into a new cashless wallet account. In response to receiving a first selection instruction indicative of acceptance of the offer message, The processor circuit further causes the first monetary cashout amount and the cashless account utilization incentive amount to be deposited into the cashless wallet account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery SHEPHERD, Kevin HIGGINS
  • Patent number: 12170001
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a mobile device to facilitate the transfer of funds between a gaming establishment retail account and a cashless wagering account, and further between the cashless wagering account and an electronic gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Publication number: 20240412594
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize funds loaded into a dedicated gaming establishment account in anticipation of frequent transactions against that dedicated gaming establishment account by a remote game server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240412597
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize funds loaded into a dedicated gaming establishment account in anticipation of frequent transactions against that dedicated gaming establishment account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240412592
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize an amount of cryptocurrency transferred to a gaming establishment controlled custodian account associated with an individual user as collateral in establishing a gaming establishment line of credit for that user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin M. Higgins, George Tyrrell, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Publication number: 20240412284
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize an amount of cryptocurrency transferred to a gaming establishment controlled custodian account associated with an individual user as collateral against a limited duration gaming establishment line of credit for that user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin M. Higgins, George Tyrrell, Jeffery Shepherd